Examining the Joint Effect of Multiple Risk Factors Using Exposure Risk Profiles: Lung Cancer in Nonsmokers.

Background: Profile regression is a Bayesian statistical approach designed for investigating the joint effect of multiple risk factors. It reduces dimensionality by using as its main unit of inference the exposure profiles of the subjects that is, the sequence of covariate values that correspond to...

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Published in:Environmental Health Perspectives Vol. 119; no. 1; pp. 84 - 92
Main Authors: Papathomas, Michail, Molitor, John, Richardson, Sylvia, Riboli, Elio, Vineis, Paolo
Format: equations & formulas research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Jan2011
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